Excessive Brake Pad Wear

[steve haley]

Has anyone else had experience of excessive front brake pad wear on a 350 or 300?

I have just eaten 70% of my front pads in 10k they were changed at the last service at 15k again worn about 75%.

I do tow a lage trailer about 1200miles a year (Mostly moterway) and it lives at the top of a steap hill in Switzerland for 1mth a year but none of my previous cars have ever eaten pads at this rate.

rgds

Stephen

[rhosneigr]

Mine look about 50% worn after 28k miles. Is there anything special to look out for when changing the pads on the hybrid compared to other cars?

[steve haley]

Mine look about 50% worn after 28k miles. Is there anything special to look out for when changing the pads on the hybrid compared to other cars?

Sorry meant to say RX350 - the hybrids will be very light onb pads due to the regenerative braking

rgds

Stephen

[ihpj]

Brake pad wear is very subjective TBH. The RX is a very heavy vehicle, especially when towing.

Before we bought our RX (MKII 300) I did read reports about some eating their brakes too quickly. however in my experience, our RX was good enough: pads every 20K and discs changed at 55K (bought as an AUC with 33K and first pad change recorded at 20-something K). I can't say we drove it gingerly ;) - but brakes were good enough.

One of the first things to check is to see what brakes you are running: Genuine? OEM? Third Party Crap?

I've only ever run genuine brakes in all my cars - doing th work myself - and the genuine Lexus stuff is very good.

[steve haley]

Brake pad wear is very subjective TBH. The RX is a very heavy vehicle, especially when towing.

Before we bought our RX (MKII 300) I did read reports about some eating their brakes too quickly. however in my experience, our RX was good enough: pads every 20K and discs changed at 55K (bought as an AUC with 33K and first pad change recorded at 20-something K). I can't say we drove it gingerly ;) - but brakes were good enough.

One of the first things to check is to see what brakes you are running: Genuine? OEM? Third Party Crap?

I've only ever run genuine brakes in all my cars - doing th work myself - and the genuine Lexus stuff is very good.

It is has been seviced by Lexus so I presume that the real thing was used.

[ihpj]

I've never had any complaints with genuine brakes on my RX - could it be your driving style?

The other thing is, who is telling you they are 70% worn? I would try to check for myself as you will be a very good judge of how worn they are yourself...garages are notorious in suggesting brakes need replacing when perhaps they do not ;)